Insights into Janissary Networks, 1700-1826

Abstract

This special issue comprises a collection of essays exploring the history of the Janissaries, serving as the first installment in a planned series of publications examining the processes that established the Janissary Corps as a formidable political and socioeconomic force both in the Ottoman center and the provinces. The articles featured here originated as presentations at a workshop held at İzmir Kâtip Çelebi University in September 2021, organized as part of the ERC-funded project “JaNeT: Janissaries in Ottoman Port-Cities: Muslim Financial and Political Networks in the Early Modern Mediterranean.” This project investigates the operations of Janissary networks within the Ottoman Empire, framing them as integral components of broader Muslim political and economic networks spanning much of the Mediterranean region.